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Originally Posted by sTiMa34
I'd have to disagree. I don't think there will ever be another TE coming out of the Gates mold. I think it was kind of a fluke thing. Maybe if a guy played both football and basketball at like a small college then maybe. I just don't see any of these other guys coming up and being a real succesful football player. I'd rather take an average WR, have him put on some weight and become a TE (USC is currently doing that with Fred Davis, moved him to TE as soon as he got into camp after being a WR in high school and it is working wonders)
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But Gates really was the first. I mean Gonzo is a baller, too. You have to think... being tall isn't that hard... and the rest can be learned. What Gates has... it's not as hard as a lot of other positions, I would imagine. Especially since in the last 10 years, the TE position has just exploded. The pass-catching tight end is becoming an every-team occurrance. The number that have made the pro bowl the past several years, we had chamberlain in MN, franks in GB, now there's Wiggins in MN... Sharpe, Gates, Eric Johnson, Putzier, Gonzo, Dallas Clark, Marcus Pollard, Watson, Graham, Coates, Walls, McMichael, Witten, Crumpler, K2, Jolley... like, Jolley got traded for a 1st rounder and he went on to suck. Johnson I think made a pro bowl and now Vernon Davis gets drafted to replace him? Chamberlain made the pro bowl and hasn't played since...
The TE position is overrated.
05-04-2006, 02:45 AM
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